ASL Sound of Silence
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2016
- Disturbed did a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's song "Sound of Silence" This song instantly spoke to me and the message I took away from it really made me think. I knew I had to interpret it. I hope you enjoy it.
Lyrics:
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed
By the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs
That voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made
And the sign flashed out it's warning
And the words that it was forming
And the sign said
"The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sound of silence - Розваги
Wow….are we listening? Are we conscious? Do we care? This was beautiful and important and heartfelt. Thank you so much.
Thank YOu! It's sad that we are still having to ask these questions, but I'm hopeful, with love and understanding, we can elevate ourselves and the way we interact with those around us.
Michael, this is one of my all time favorite songs...your interpretation gave me goose bumps and tears! Beautifully done my friend!
Probably the most moving interpretation of this song I've seen. Not a word for word....but a powerful message for those with eyes to see. Thank you so much for this gift of translating this song.
Mary Ehlenfeldt
Thank you for the comment. I really appreciate it. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
I’m working on 2 more right now so please feel free to check back. Hopefully I’ll have them up in June.
Oh man. Your interpretation made me look at this song in a completely new way. It was already an amazing song but now its meaning is deeper.
Hey! I am very new to ASL and didn't understand his interpretation of the song. Could you explain it to me? :)
Orion Jackson it’s true “ASL” so if you’re new to ASL maybe you’re used to English signs or PSE? But this is true ASl and the greatest 3D version telling this songs story. I was an Interpreter & lost my hearing in car accident 15 yrs ago. It allowed me to enjoy this song again. Thank you Michael
I am BSL and I understand most of this Thank you for giving back to the deaf community by translating this song in a way that means something to them. True interpretation. Translating the poetic version of this song kind of makes it true multi linguistic.
Kathleen D thank you!
"that voices never shared..." And I cried.
Sara Rönnholm
I didn’t mean to make you cry. But I’m glad the emotion of the song is strong and you were touched by it.
Beautiful. My ASL teacher showed us this video in class and I fell in love with it.
Coraline Aldaine
Thank You. I am glad that you like the video.
This is beautiful. I found this when my ASL 4 class was told to look for a signed cover of a song (we have to copy what the person in the video does sign for sign, facial expression for expression). This is perfect! My teacher was really impressed with the way you interpreted and signed this song.
Do you still have the results of that assignment? I would really like to get it. I am fixated.!
It's so beautiful to see you make poetry... This song has so much meaning and when you make it a story with true ASL it takes on a beautiful meaning. It's even beautiful when people sign the exact words, although when you make it a story it is astounding! Thank you for your story ❤️
This is my favorite song. I've been slowly losing my hearing for the past 5 years, I'm at 40% loss in my left and 60% in my right. I love that i'll still be able to enjoy it when it's gone completely
Ashy Mandy
I am glad you enjoyed the video. It is a good song. Thank You for the comment.
Oooo, goosebumps. I don't speak ASL (or any other SL), but I when somebody signs with feeling (like you do here), it makes the music so much more... intense....alive....real. Even without knowing the signs I could tell it wasn't a literal translation, and I loved it. Thanks! :)
Thank You!
Watching you made me cry. Thank you
This is such a powerful combination! I get goosebumps whenever I hear this version of the song, and this visual added to it created something immensely awesome to it
People talking without speaking - that was a nice translation
Thank You
This is beautiful, fantastic, and deserves far more views!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
YES! Bravo! Thank You!!!
WOW! I got serious chills from watching you do The Sound of Silence,and I actually understand the meaning behind the song much better now. You are amazing. Thank you.
Kent Cole
Thank You. I am really glad you enjoyed the video.
This is my favorite interpretation of a song I've ever seen. Thanks for being so great.
Thank You! I really appreciate your kind comment. I am very happy that you enjoyed the video.
This is one of the best, most poignant interpretations of this song I've seen!
Cathie Reschke
Thank you so very much. I felt like it was a relatable interpretation of a powerful song. I am glad you liked the video
Another song beautifully interpreted in a dramatic but easy to understand way. I love the way this looks. Well done.
Kelly Sullivan Carr
Thank you.
Dayum dude! You gave me chills! This was so awesome!
Angela Black
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Beautiful 💕
that was so beautiful , love ASL;
Sergio Gonzalez
Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Your interpretation of this sont is amazing! Thanks for sharing it:-)
Absolutely beautiful. Almost brought a tear to my eye......almost.
@Michael Scott First I want to start by saying that I once in a blue moon comment on any videos on UA-cam. So I just want to put it out there that this was something worth commenting on. Secondly, I’m a student at a university and taking ASL but I’ve been learning ASL for about 8 years prior and you have one of the best interpretations of songs I’ve ever seen! As far as I could tell, it was a perfect ASL interpretation. If there was any PSE or SSE in there, I couldn’t find it. You did such a fantastic job portraying the meaning of the song, kept to the beat the song was going to, and your interpretation flowed amazingly. A “fantastic job” doesn’t do you interpretation justice either, I can’t find the words to properly describe your interpretation. My university has an event where students of the local college and university are signing for our local Deaf community and I recently found this song and was looking for some inspiration on some parts I didn’t exactly know how to translate into ASL. Side note: this event requires the songs to be in proper ASL, no PSE or SSE unless that’s just how it comes out in the song (basically an ASL translation that just happens to correlate to the English words). I thought I was going to be searching for a while since most songs on UA-cam are PSE/SSE. But your interpretation...flawless. Props to you, glad to see the Deaf community has access to a song that does their language and culture justice. 👌🏼
Nick B
Thank you for your kind words and taking the time to comment. I read all my comments and try, as best I can, to reply to them as well. It means a great deal to me. I am glad you really liked the video and my interpretation of the song. I wish you the best in researching, Interpreting, and performing for your upcoming event. I’m sure you will do great!
Michael Scott No, thank you for providing excellent work and access to the Deaf community. I myself am not Deaf, I am hearing, but I have been involved in the Deaf community it’s and I know they always appreciate the access to songs and other things that aren’t usually redly available to them. I don’t speak on their behalf but on my own.
Thank you for your kind words as well. I am not going to school for interpreting, I wish I were, but I love the language and the community so I wanted to stay involved by taking classes and honing my skills in ASL. My main passion is in Physics but i also have many fields I wish I could major in. Unfortunately it’s just not possible for me to do every field I’m interested in otherwise I would do interpreting.
Again, excellent work on the interpretation and the performance. I definitely had to give props and my respects where it was due. It’s rare to see an actual ASL translation so I was quite impressed.
You brought this song justice! I love your energy
Beautiful interpretation! 😍💙👍
Goth Punk Gurl
Thank you. This song in its original form and this cover, really move me. I am glad you liked it. Such a powerful song!
It makes me sad that so few love this translation to people who can't hear. It's beautifull and expressive and so vital to some to enjoy culture.
Ishzuzie Donk
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Everytime I see this I get emotional. I just love your interpretation and the feeling you can feel and see throughout the whole video.
Thank You!
I'm only crying a little I swear. Beautiful Interpretation!
Jeremy L.
Thank you so very much I appreciate your comment.
Bravo, perfect. Thank you great job!
Loved this song before. Loving even more now.
Ryon Cupidore
Thank you.
@@mikews13 I would like to learn ASL as...well, a bucket list item and also a way to communicate with those that can't verbally. So far I've learned that it's more about body language than the actual sign, which is why your video was so incredible.
Ryon Cupidore
Body Language (affect) is one part that is quite important, along with position and physical signs. I hope you get to check it off your list and enjoy learning ASL.
@@mikews13 yeah man affect is important. Especially when mood matches affect. That's important in these things.
Wow!!! Ruched my soul and the Gloss is PERFECT!
What is the gloss if you don't mind me asking. I understand some, but not all of it.
DARK, ISOLATION, SILENCE, I KNOW
EXPRESS MY INNER TOUGHTS, HERE
HAPPEN, PREDICT (FORSAW), VISION
THINKING, TALKING, UNDERSTOOD, CLEARLY
DREAM, “REACHED MY MIND AND SOUL”, NEVER FORGET
HERE, ALONE, ISOLATED, SILENCE
COLD NERVOUS SLEEP ALONE
STREET, BUMPY, I-WALK
ARRIVE, STREET LAMP, LIGHT
COLD, FEEL, GOOSEBUMPS, COLD
I NOTICE, STRANGE, LIGHT FLASH (REPEAT) SHINING, TOO BRIGHT (COVER MY EYES)
FELT IN MY HEART, SILENCE
UNCOVER MY EYES, I SAW, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
MEET PEOPLE, NO-COMMUNICATION
HEARING (WITH EYES), UNDERSTAND, NOTHING
WRITING, SONGS, FROM THE SOUL, TAKE IT BACK, NEVER TOLD
REACH OUT, COME BACK
DON’T WANT, BOTHER, SILENCE
THEY, BELIEVE, OPEN UP (NO), PROTECT
ISOLATION, TAKES OVER EVERYTHING
HEAR, LEARN, CHANGE, POSSIBLE
REACH OUT, HOLD HANDS, TOGETHER
DISCONNECTED, ALWAYS, FEEL, STUCK
BORDER (AROUND MYSELF), LOOK, CAN’T LOOK, SILENCE
CELL PHONE, WORSHIP, OBSESS, EVERYTHNG-ELSE, IGNORE
PHONE (STUFF ON IT), FACINATION
UNDERSTAND, WILL, HAPPEN, IF, CONTINUE, LOOK-PHONE, IGNORE EVERYTHING-ELSE
NO CONNECTION, PEOPLE-PASS-EACHOTHER
PHONE, LOOK UP, ALONE
ISOLATED, SILENCE
NOTE: (this is a gloss only) Michael adds Non-manual markers etc for meaning, etc.
betzca25 Thank you!! I'm learning to sign, and couldn't quite follow his interpretation, but you're amazing and helped us newbies understand and feel amd be a part of something incredible
This is great! I wish I had an interpretation of your signs as I’m still learning a lot of ASL and didn’t catch all of them. I kept thinking you were singing! I thought “He sounds just like David Draiman” haha, I really loved this interpretation
Sarah Hull
Thank You. I’m glad enjoyed the video. Good luck with learning, I’m sure you’ll do great. Just remember, especially with music, not all signs are the words being sung. 😁
Excellent !
Pilar Delavault
Thank You!
i'm able to hear, was still humbled by your video. amazing feelings you performed.
sry, i'm dumb. you are not performing. you are talking. anyways good job!
Azahrak Thank you. This was/is such a powerful song for me. I am really glad you enjoyed it.
Completely obsessed by your version. Thank you!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the comment. I am glad you like the video.
VERY moving Michael, intense and moving! As always your choices of sign are so expressive and unique. Loved it!!!! I need to get on your page and watch some more, I feel like I haven't seen you in a while! Take care! Tammy
+Tammy Klassen
Thank You! I am so glad you liked the video. A song, underlying message, and interpretation that i feel strongly about. I am happy it has been well received.
Great. Very apropos interpretation of the song. You are adorable, and I hope that you keep on doing this amazing work.
tajedi
Thank You! This song instantly pulled at my emotions and I thought how it fit with today’s over use of technology and less emphasis on actual real connections. Plus, I just love the song.
Much love for you, thats great, lots of passion!
Sierra W 03
Thank You. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
wow. Great Job!
Thank You
This is absolutely amazing !! My dad and I love this song and you put a fantastic meaning to it with ASL, great job !!
Amazing! Love your personal interpretation of it!
+Erika Wentworth
Thank you! As always I value and appreciate your opinions and comments on my work. Sorry for the delayed response.
Beautiful
Thank You
Wow!!!!
AWESOME , amazing ..x x x
tracey sayar
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video. It’s definitely one of my favorite covers of such a great song.
I can't get enough of this song , by them its awesome ... x x ya done brill cheers
Love it!
Mike & Molly Carlson
Thank You!
Thoroughly impressed!
beautiful...
I so loved it! It's so beautiful..thank you Sir for sharing :)
Thank you so very much for watching and taking the time to comment. I am glad that you enjoyed it. I know that the song really spoke to me and I had to interpret it. Such a powerfully moving cover of a great song.
One of my favorite versions of this song!
Thank you. I love this cover! So emotional and powerful!
@@mikews13 if I'm being honest I do wish there was subtitles but otherwise its perfect like it is.
@@mamascrafts13 there are; if you turn them on. (Or at least I set it up to do that)
That is weird because I tried to turn it on but there was none. :(
this gave me chills, Thank You
Belladonna Mini
Thank you. I am glad you liked the video
Amazing!!!!!
TaraLyn Van
Thank You
@@mikews13 your very welcome..my step dad is deaf n i know asl its simply amazing to see you artist turn hearing songs into singing hands
I am hearing and enjoy listening to the song, but when I turned off the sound while watching the video your emotions got me and my eyes began to tear a bit. Awesome interpretation!
celine pe
Thank you. It is always my hope that the emotions are conveyed well in my videos. I am really glad you enjoyed it and it moved you.
Genius.
Luka Jovanovic
Thank You!
I apologize for the short comment, I was just blown away by your interpretation. Thank you for sharing!
That was awesome, thank you.
Marita Mlvl
Thank You. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Coming in clutch for my ASL 2 class fr
Wow! Good job! A friend found this video because we were searching for a song to make an ASL music video for our adult education class (asl 1-3), and we settled on this song, and found this to start from! I love how visual you managed to make it. We started with your interpretation and are now making it our own. We can only hope it turns out as well as yours!
Asia Scarfia-Ward
Thank you for your comment. I am very glad you enjoyed the video. I am certain once you follow through with how the song impacts you, your interpretation will be great!
This is beautiful.
TWhitefamilygrows
Thank You.
Brilliant thank you!
Martin Childs
Thank you!
Oh wow!!!! that was amazing!! I got a better grasp of what the song meant! (even though i only knew half of the signs...) BUT WOW!!!!
awesome
Grear interpretation!
Thank You! I appreciate your comment. I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Im BSL, but even with your Interpretation its still very clear to pick up! nice work!
lilhese
Thank you for your comment. I am glad you were able to understand and enjoy the video. I think one day I might look at learning BSL or maybe LSQ. I love the uniqueness of the languages.
There is a Signed Song competition happening In Jersey (UK) in November and one of the entries have chosen to interpret this, going to be very interest to see what they come up with in comparison. Yeah there are some very close similarities that link all the languages, its always good fun!
So intens beautiful 😭
Colin Ronkes
Thank you. I fell in love with the song and its power and truly felt moved to interpret it. I'm glad you liked it!
Michael Scott You deserve a lot more views. keep up the beautiful work, please
oh my god this was powerful
erica sanders
Thank You. I thought the song was powerful and I had hoped my interpretation conveyed that equally.
@@mikews13 it definitely did. i hope you post more in the future.
Such a cool version!! Great job: resources, translating and acting. Congratulations mate!
Thank you. I truly love this version of the song and knew I wanted to interpret it. I am really glad others like it.
Thanks to you for sharing!
Recently I knew this version and I fell in love with it. I was thinking of doing it in Spanish sign language and I found ur :)
❤
Thank you
+Ka Fai CHEUNG
Thank You, I really appreciate you taking the time to watch my video and leave a comment.
My pleasure
I loved this, thank you so much! I was learning ASL years ago, and had many friends who used west cost ASL. (I am more pidgin) I don't recognize some of the signs, and I was wondering if you use east cost ASL? My kids are learning ASL in homeschool this year, and this is a good topic for us to explore. East cost vrs west cost sign. Thank you, the emotion you convey in this is wonderful, this is the example I used to show the kids how you talk with your whole body, not just your hands.
Suzie Sunshine Dalbeck
I currently live on the east, but I'm from the west. Generally speaking style and pace are the biggest variances between regions. When it comes to music, most times I stick to whichever form best fits my needs for the song.
memorizing
Daneece Brown
Thank You!
I seriously can't stop watching! same with your heathens video! it's been a great way to get my nephews interested in ASL.
one of my nephews said he didn't in people could sing that fast. lol talking about your heathens video :) he's 8. ASL is new for all of us. I started learning in my own because it's always been fascinated to me and now I'm learning to be an interpreter :)
Do you have an ASL gloss of the signs that you used? I have a school project where we have to find a song done in ASL and perform it in front of the class and then analyze the ASL gloss?
Nikolai Kolcheck I’d have to look. I’m not sure I have the gloss anymore. I don’t have have a lot of time to rewatch and gloss it again. I might be able to, but if you’re on a time crunch I’m not sure I could do it in a timely manner.
@@mikews13 I completely understand. I appreciate the quick response also. I am on somewhat of a time crunch but if you don't have the time to re-gloss the song again if you don't have the original gloss, I totally get that. I don't expect you to go out of your way to do that, especially when it's a short-notice request on my part. Either way, great job on your interpretation of the song! I just found your channel and you have amazing interpretations of songs, the best I've seen as most songs are translated into PSE/SSE. It's amazing to see that someone understands the ASL language fully and can properly use classifiers to truly show the meaning of the songs as ASL grammar would suggest. Keep up the amazing work!
Hi Michael, do you do ASL tutorials? Or lessons?
I don’t teach ASL. Sorry. I think it is best learned from proper classes and immersion in the Deaf community.
love you mouthing the lyrics but signing ASL
eridanis s
Thank You! I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Right! I can't simcom for my life and I've been deaf - and known ASL since - I was 13. I speak, I sign, but I don't speak and sign. It's not a functional possibility for my brain because of the differences in gloss. I start speaking in ASL gloss or signing in a really funky, mixed up way that doesn't match any language in any way cause my brain is 100% confused lol
Enjoying your videos. Are you an interpreter?
Amy Walthall
Thank You! Yes I am an interpreter.
which signs did you sign in here? i know its not word for word xD cuz its asl but how did you sign this one? ive been honestly trying to learn this song so i could impress my mom xD we both are addicted to this song
Alicia Loverin
Which part? There are instances of classifiers and use of setting up a 3D environment which would have no literal word equivalency.
I would like to see the translation of the signs for this song. I know a lot of ASL words, but I cannot follow this video at all. It is very confusing however well expressed it is.
Deborah-Lynn Carter
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Interpreting in general, but music interpretation especially, does not use signs for words. Musicality is done with, classifiers, concepts, 3D space, and lastly specific signs. It is for this reason that just because someone who “knows” ASL, does not mean they can interpret it. They are two different skills.
There is no translation to this because I didn’t translate the song, I interpreted it through concept and classifier use.
I hope this helps.
@@mikews13 Michael Scott True. Let me clarify. I do understand interpretations. There are some very good signers on UA-cam channels. I'm a subscriber to a great many. But as you watch the signs, you have to understand the interpretations as well. Your interpretation was well done, was well displayed, was well conveyed. But if you can't bring the watcher, along with the story, it's just noise. That's whether it's in spoken word or in interpretation. I agree with a lot of the comments here that it was a beautiful interpretation of the song, one of the best I've seen. Maybe even, the best I've seen. And I do understand that ASL is not a word by word interpretation, it is a concept. It is a living language. When I come across signers who don't interpret their signs, or use signs that I am familiar with, the effort loses something in translation. Because in order for me to evoke the response that would be elicited by the video, I have to understand it. I'm not looking for a literal translation of every word that was signed with a sign that accompanies that word. One of the commenters on here said that they had a Sign by sign extrapolation of your video. I'm only asking if anyone has that they share, so that I can fully appreciate what I see. I do understand the difference between ASL, PSE, and SEE. I was raised with ASL. I'm a little rusty, so I have taken recent classes. But with every language, what good is it if you can't understand it. I love French because it sounds beautiful. I love Latin because it is the basis of most of the world's languages. I love ASL because it's expressive and it's emotional and it's ethereal. I feel the same way about the written word. I guess what all this is trying to say is that, in order for me to follow along and share the experience, I need to understand the sign that you're using to convey it. I take a clinical approach to learning. When it comes to ASL, I like to learn words so that I have more than one way to express or convey a concept, and idea, and expression, a feeling, an emotion, a story. I'm familiar with the use of classifiers, concept and 3D space.
Is this really ASL? Because currently I am learning ASL, and I know a few signs, but there are some signs that don't fit to the text. Like nearly at the beginning, it seemed you signed "always", but there is no "always" in the text. Could it be English Sign Language or a kind of regional "dialect"?? But althought, the performance was great.
eriKtainment
Yes, this is ASL. Signing word for word is English. A music interpretation will regularly not be exactly what word is sung but rather an “interpretation” of the meaning. ASL will not “fit to the text” more often than not.
@@mikews13 Ok, accepted. I just wondered, because I am still beginner in ASL. But like I said ... great performance! Love it.
eriKtainment
All is good. 😉 Interpreting music tends to be highly concept based and following meaning rather than spoken (or sung) words. It can also be difficult for beginners if they are trying to match up words to sign especially when classifiers are being used.
Good luck with your classes! I hope you fall in love with it as I did!
What sign are you doing at the same time he says sound? "I" circled under the flat hand?
Hannah Metcalf
Isolation (isolated)
Michael Scott Oh I see. Thank you for your quick response!
I work for an Italian research organization, we would like to use a small part of your video. Can we talk privately, by email?
Please do Pink Floyd... Time
Are you also on tiktok?
Yes. @twlv13 on TT
im here for the gears of war 4 trailer XD
I didn't like it, the grainy background was too distracting and he came off as being pompous a** that thinks too highly of himself👎
Your interpretation of this sont is amazing! Thanks for sharing it:-)
BEAUTIFUL!